Freitag, 15. Januar 2016

When I created character in the past my only goal was to make some "badass" looking guy or a beatiful girl which made them often look blunt.
So my idea was to create a little back-story for this project and it helped SO MUCH to shape these characters.
Just having a main theme and some indications makes your head explode with ideas and it´s so much more fun to realize them.
So I want to share this little back-story.

The Hooped-Socks-Gang
They all fight against one thing: The exploitation of humans which the industrial revolution brought into the world.

Cleaver CarlClick here for full resolution
The leader of "The Hooped-Socks-Gang". Once a general of the army he is the most experienced of the four when it comes to battles. Grown up as a son of a forester he early learned to swing the axe.
When the factories arose traditional undertakings struggled. His parents fell into poverty.
When there was a big riot against the factories he received the order to quell it by force. He rejected the command and deserted. He decided to found a resistance group to fight the exploitation.

Cotton ConnyClick here for full resolution
As a child she had to work in a cotton factory where she was beaten and abused by the wardens.
After years of pain and bottled up hate she once stabbed a warden with a spindle. Carl found her half-dead beaten laying in the gutter and decided to take her with him to nurse her back to health.
She then joined the gang.

Percy the PigClick here for full resolution
As the best butcher in town he wasn´t really influenced by the industrial revolution and his business was still running. Blinded by wealth and greed he forced his son to work in a factory to earn even more money. When his son died at an accident in the factory his wife couldn´t handle the loss and comitted suicide. Realizing his fault he became sick in his head. He burned all his money and joined the gang swearing death to all exploiters.

Blackjack BillClick here for full resolution
As a warden in a factory he once earned good money. Money which felt dirty always having in mind how he treats the workers. Trying to surpress his feelings he drank a lot and gambled away most of the money. After he saw how one of his colleagues nearly beat a child to death he decided to quit and joined the resistance,